I think we will live in domes on Earth before on Mars. So it's a good idea to continue research.
Domes on Mars don't seem workable without a thicker atmosphere; it won't burn up debris.
We'd need a technology for deflecting rocks.
If you know about the big rocks long enough in advance, you can deflect them with the pressure of light/lasers.
On Earth as you mentioned, domes might be needed for environmental reasons and as a bonus, our atmosphere is usually pretty good at getting rid of the smaller rocks.
Mars will NEVER be habitable. We'd have to find a way to get its dead core molten and spinning again. Otherwise solar radiation will just flay off any atmosphere we try to put there.
Maybe we could live on Mars in domes or sealed caves but I doubt we'll ever be walking about in the open on its surface.
If you compare Tron's computer graphics with the computer graphics we have in movies today, they seem crude, yes, but surely if the designers back then had wanted to, they could have made all the shots as complex and slick as what you can do today.
The problem is that if they had tried that with the hardware they had then, the movie would still be rendering today and would probably not appear in cinemas until all of its actors were retired.
See, software HASN'T changed that much in the intervening time; you still make compromises to get the product out the door today, but on different criteria...
What I mean is that we know hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe, and that supernovas and previous-generation stars have been producing heavier elements (like oxygen) for a few billion years now, yet we are still surprised to find water everywhere.
I think it is obvious that we WILL find water everywhere...
>>His implication is that they won't fund the production of entertainment without Digital Restrictions Management. As if they were going to go out of business otherwise!
Because in the centuries preceding "Right Management" artists and entertainers couldn't reach anyone, by HBO's reasoning.
Take the movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: The main mover behind it was one man (Kerry Conran), who conceived, developed and convinced people to listen to his idea. He had a vision and a passion, combined them into a wonderful work. His ideas existed outside of any movie conglomerate.
Ultimately it is what we must realize, there will always be a demand for the arts and patrons for the arts.
By reading the discussion in here, it has become clear to me that there are other independent media that folks have come to favor. Others have pointed out that for certain others, even if the fee were miniscule, they would still not pay for it: I don't believe it. Every person will find some work they appreciate enough to pay a fee for.
The best patron is the general public, because it is not restrained, it can appreciate all styles and every artist will find representation with someone out there.
Who needs middle-men (that in many cases restrict what can be produced) when we have an unlimited means of communication?
I'm just an armchair physicist, but the article talks about dark matter annihilation. What exactly is/was the dark matter annihilating with? I thought antimatter and matter could annihilate... Would the dark matter in fact be the regular matter that antimatter annihilates with in the proposed scenario?
1. Start your own telecomm company. 2. Collect personal data from other telecomms 3. Target-spam people on the list you cllected 4. Profit 5. Buy underpants
OK, 5 doesn't strictly belong on the list, I just felt the list was a little spare...
>> [...] I personally think they should make patents only good for 5 years, give everyone that currently has a patent 5 years remaining, and be done. [...]
I think you are right. Patents were originally put in place to protect the little guy, but now they are used exclusively to keep the "littler" guy out.
Things move so fast today, patents cannot logically hold for so long, they must lapse and benefit the people. Anything else is surely a way for monopolies to be kept alive.
>>You know, that's what I thought too. "Oh, goody, yet another corporation/agency/whatever thinks that Open Source is just a way to get unpaid labour." I don't know... maybe I'm just jaded because of previous bad experiences, but it always leaves a bad taste.[...]
Heheh... It says Godel invented that theory to stave off his fear of death... I suppose nothing makes you as productive as thinking every moment could be the last! LOL
I use titanium dioxide enriched paint (white) as a topcoat on my projector screen. I wonder if the basecoat were of this material and the topcoat tiny (20 micron?) glass beads, would it give good results? I figure since the beads are round and the back of the display has no reflectivity, the light from the projector wouldn't bounce back and blind you like if you were to use a mirror because the back doesn't reflect...
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Point me at the problems in Linux and I'll fix them.
What? Can't do that with Vista?
I'll take Linux, thank you.
Domes on Mars don't seem workable without a thicker atmosphere; it won't burn up debris.
We'd need a technology for deflecting rocks.
If you know about the big rocks long enough in advance, you can deflect them with the pressure of light/lasers.
On Earth as you mentioned, domes might be needed for environmental reasons and as a bonus, our atmosphere is usually pretty good at getting rid of the smaller rocks.
Mars will NEVER be habitable.
We'd have to find a way to get its dead core molten and spinning again. Otherwise solar radiation will just flay off any atmosphere we try to put there.
Maybe we could live on Mars in domes or sealed caves but I doubt we'll ever be walking about in the open on its surface.
>> [...] the intersection of broken AI and spooky people is coming.
Ever "talk" with Eliza?
That's a broken personality right there...
If you compare Tron's computer graphics with the computer graphics we have in movies today, they seem crude, yes, but surely if the designers back then had wanted to, they could have made all the shots as complex and slick as what you can do today.
The problem is that if they had tried that with the hardware they had then, the movie would still be rendering today and would probably not appear in cinemas until all of its actors were retired.
See, software HASN'T changed that much in the intervening time; you still make compromises to get the product out the door today, but on different criteria...
Look at this bowel-movement! It now has a new coat of paint!
You want IPv6 adoption? Tell people it will deliver porn faster!
*tongue loll* More porn!
What I mean is that we know hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe, and that supernovas and previous-generation stars have been producing heavier elements (like oxygen) for a few billion years now, yet we are still surprised to find water everywhere.
I think it is obvious that we WILL find water everywhere...
It should go all the way to the death penalty.
Maybe THEN the American people will finally rise up and take back their freedom.
Godspeed.
You are truly in error if what you've learned from life is that resorting to dirty tricks is acceptable anytime.
That's amazing, batman!
>>His implication is that they won't fund the production of entertainment without Digital Restrictions Management. As if they were going to go out of business otherwise!
Because in the centuries preceding "Right Management" artists and entertainers couldn't reach anyone, by HBO's reasoning.
Take the movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: The main mover behind it was one man (Kerry Conran), who conceived, developed and convinced people to listen to his idea. He had a vision and a passion, combined them into a wonderful work. His ideas existed outside of any movie conglomerate.
Ultimately it is what we must realize, there will always be a demand for the arts and patrons for the arts.
By reading the discussion in here, it has become clear to me that there are other independent media that folks have come to favor. Others have pointed out that for certain others, even if the fee were miniscule, they would still not pay for it: I don't believe it. Every person will find some work they appreciate enough to pay a fee for.
The best patron is the general public, because it is not restrained, it can appreciate all styles and every artist will find representation with someone out there.
Who needs middle-men (that in many cases restrict what can be produced) when we have an unlimited means of communication?
There is no fight, the war is over.
Seek new ideas and cherish them.
I'm just an armchair physicist, but the article talks about dark matter annihilation.
What exactly is/was the dark matter annihilating with?
I thought antimatter and matter could annihilate...
Would the dark matter in fact be the regular matter that antimatter annihilates with in the proposed scenario?
Not only can the government abuse you for any reason, now it can charge you for the cost of it too when it turns out to be unfounded!
So THAT'S what the monolith did!
For spammers:
1. Start your own telecomm company.
2. Collect personal data from other telecomms
3. Target-spam people on the list you cllected
4. Profit
5. Buy underpants
OK, 5 doesn't strictly belong on the list, I just felt the list was a little spare...
You could have covered two memes at once by asking if Slashdot run Linux
Yes, that's called psDoom
http://psdoom.sourceforge.net/
>> [...] I personally think they should make patents only good for 5 years, give everyone that currently has a patent 5 years remaining, and be done. [...]
I think you are right. Patents were originally put in place to protect the little guy, but now they are used exclusively to keep the "littler" guy out.
Things move so fast today, patents cannot logically hold for so long, they must lapse and benefit the people. Anything else is surely a way for monopolies to be kept alive.
FTA:
>> [...] the core scheduler got smaller by more than 700 lines:
Someone who I respect tremendously once said
"Perfection is attained when you remove everything that is not essential"
I have to agree
>>You know, that's what I thought too. "Oh, goody, yet another corporation/agency/whatever thinks that Open Source is just a way to get unpaid labour." I don't know... maybe I'm just jaded because of previous bad experiences, but it always leaves a bad taste.[...]
What's wrong with open sourcing it?
Wasn't "For All Mankind" the original mantra?
I calculate my entire schedule in seconds-since-midnight-UTC-january 1st, 1970
It took a little while to get the hang of it, but I'm glad to report; DST schemes have NO effect on it.
While the rest of the world carry on debates about what to call this or that moment, time_t marches on...
Heheh... It says Godel invented that theory to stave off his fear of death...
I suppose nothing makes you as productive as thinking every moment could be the last! LOL
What if time, like space, was curved?
Curved so much that even if you went in a "straight" line in it, you eventually wound up where you started, would you need a first-cause then?
You wouldn't, because the initial concept of a beginning (or an end for that matter) is flawed.
Human intellects just can't "see" it that way because (I guess) our sensory organs are made in such a way that we perceive time in only one direction.
I use titanium dioxide enriched paint (white) as a topcoat on my projector screen.
I wonder if the basecoat were of this material and the topcoat tiny (20 micron?) glass beads, would it give good results?
I figure since the beads are round and the back of the display has no reflectivity, the light from the projector wouldn't bounce back and blind you like if you were to use a mirror because the back doesn't reflect...